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ICTs: Women, free software, copyrights,… forgotten by Mauritanian legislators and decision-makers

Fatma Mint Elkory Oumrane
Fatma Mint Elkory Oumrane on 12 April, 2009
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Fatma Mint Elkory Oumrane takes a look at the progress Mauritania is making in encouraging open accessi to materials, its copyrighti regime and how these impact on women. She examines the role of women as ICTi graduates and looks at how the governmenti is helping overcome the various digital divides - and the large amount of work that remains to be done.
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African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project

on 13 April, 2009 · Africa
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The African Copyrighti & Access to Knowledgei (ACA2K) Project examines the relationship between national copyright environments and access to knowledge in African countries. The project is probing this relationship within an access to knowledge (A2K) framework - a framework which regards the protection/promotion of user access as one of the central objectives of copyright law. The project works in eight countries, Eygpt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda.
 
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Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development: Issues and Options

World Bank Rural Development and Natural Resources Sector Unit
World Bank Rural Development and Natural Resources Sector Unit on 8 December, 2006
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telecommunication, poverty, gender divide, connectivity, infrastructure, rural poor, community access center, telecenter, livelihood, agriculture, SME
The report is based on field visits, interviews with local and central governmenti and non-government organizations and desk reviews carried out between December 2004-April 2005. It aims to identify policies, technologies, institutions and investments needed to improve access to informationi and communication technologies (ICTi) in rural areas in Indonesia. A critical part of this study is a gender specific component, to ensure that the strategies developed and recommended are informed by a comprehensive gender analysisi, and further integrate gender considerations into national ICT policyi, planning and implementation.
 
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Putting ICTs in the Hands of Women of Kanpur and "Chikan" Embroidery Workers of Lucknow: Project Evaluation Methodology

Janice Brodman
Janice Brodman on 6 October, 2006
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evaluation, project evaluation, evaluation methodology, Critical Success Factor. quantitative, qualitative
This report document is based on a field trip by Dr. Janice Brodman, which aimed to help Datamation Foundation (DF) ensure that their evaluationi instruments provide information/data needed to measure project achievements against objectives, and also introduced the infoDev Framework to the DF evaluation team.
 
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Asia Report on the Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) Testing

Cheekay Cinco
Cheekay Cinco on 27 February, 2005
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Report of the Gender Evaluation Methodologyi (GEM) Testing Process in Asia participated by a diverse set of initiatives from five countries.
 
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Communications, Education and Employment for Women through Information Technology (CEEWIT)

on 12 February, 2005
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rural
The site of Communications, Education and Employment features methodology and teaching material for the training of women in rural areas in the use of IT technology and the Interneti and to run test courses.
 
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The eLearning Action Plan: Designing tomorrow’s education

on 12 February, 2005
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eLearning is one of the main topics in the action plan eEurope 2005. All aims of this action plan should be achieved by the end of 2004. The eLearning initiative seeks to mobilise all actors to speed up changes in the education and training systems for EU's move to a knowledge-based society.
 
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Gender ICT: Issues, Implications & Opportunities (Summary of Online Discussions)

Anuradha Dhar
Anuradha Dhar on 11 February, 2005 · Global
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Indigenous women
The document presents a summary of the discussions. Specific themes include access to ICTs and their use; Information, technology and women empowermenti; and Women's campaigns, networks, resources and repositories on ICT.
 
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Gender Issues in the Information Society

Natasha Primo
Natasha Primo on 10 February, 2005 · Global
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This paper was published in 2003 as background material in preparation for the WSIS. It asserts that gender considerations need to be an integral component in policymaking.
 
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Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Gender

Magdallen N. Juma
Magdallen N. Juma on 10 February, 2005 · Global
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The paper is a survey and brief analysis of various research studies and publications done on gender and ICTsi between 1998 and 2001. The author identifies women’s lack of participation in ICT policymaking and production as one of the key issues to consider in bridging the gender digital dividei.
 
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